Everyone can see it's stupid, everyone can see that this can end in disaster, just like everyone could see the banking disaster coming.

The tech companies are forming alliance blocks just like Europe before WW1. Companies like Apple are seeing how far they can push it. At some point someone will push it to far and we will have war to the detriment of all but a few teams of lawyers.

People will loose jobs economies will be hurt. Why can't sense prevail? The patient system was suppose to encourage innovation not create cartels and opposing power blocks. Some things are obviously insane 20 years for software patent surely even politicians can see that’s mad.

I just hope the greedy and selfish get their finger burnt and this serves as a warning to the rest but I'm not hopeful.